# NTSB UNK64X0859: Piper PA23, N4818P, Idaho Falls, ID, March 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 9, 1964
- Place: Idaho Falls, ID · IDAHO FALLS, ID
- Location: 43.4896° N, 112.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Idaho Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4896&lon=-112.0353&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0859
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0859

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0578   64/3/9    IDAHO FALLS ID      PIPER PA23          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1510                    N4818P              PX-  0  0  1  FERRY                     AGE 43, 14000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FANNINE FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4818P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4818P-2013-04-18), registration cancelled 2013-04-18, S/N 27-384, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Fannine Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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